tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post5054553959556146057..comments2023-12-16T02:39:56.603-06:00Comments on Gordon Grice: Man with Stick Duels IbexUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-30042003010195675172014-04-23T05:14:31.404-05:002014-04-23T05:14:31.404-05:00I really like learning and following your post as ...I really like learning and following your post as I find out them extremely useful and interesting. This post is in the same way useful as well as interesting . Thank you for information you been putting on developing your web page such an interesting. I offered something for my information. <a href="http://tipsonlaptop.com/point-sticks/" rel="nofollow">Point Sticks</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16726838286353304271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-59558952329861248642013-09-11T02:34:18.884-05:002013-09-11T02:34:18.884-05:00Tiger, panther, and lion have to be three of the m...Tiger, panther, and lion have to be three of the most confusing animal names. I can't tell you how many times I've had to consult range maps to figure out which animal a news story is talking about. Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-71924700581087572882013-09-10T22:00:17.084-05:002013-09-10T22:00:17.084-05:00In Mexico is the same :B Our coatis are "badg...In Mexico is the same :B Our coatis are "badgers", pumas are "lions", jaguars are "tigers", bobcats are "wildcats", peccaries are "wild boars" and brocket deer are called something derived from "roe deer". <br /><br />And of course, "alligator" comes from "el lagarto" which means "the lizard" in Spanish... Croconutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-41629349574867833852013-09-06T22:22:25.133-05:002013-09-06T22:22:25.133-05:00Also "buffalo" for American bison and &q...Also "buffalo" for American bison and "panther" for cougars. Gordon Gricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13068980330242909601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8049832311913108906.post-72088183603876212862013-09-06T19:20:04.205-05:002013-09-06T19:20:04.205-05:00Lending a whole new meaning to the title "The...Lending a whole new meaning to the title "The Horror-Horn." (As ALF was fond of saying: HA! I kill me!)<br /><br />Interestingly, "steinbock"--literally, rock-buck--was later applied to a fairly small, dainty antelope in Africa, probably by the Boers via the Dutch, so etymologically close to the German-Swiss for this big, powerful goat. Much as English settlement of this country gave us mountain "lions"; American "robins" and "polecats" and "civet cats" as applied to skunks.James Smithnoreply@blogger.com